triplication
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The species belongs to the order of Caryophylalles, is diploid with 2n = 18 chromosomes, has an estimated genome size of 714–758 megabases and shares an ancient genome triplication with other eudicot plants.
From Nature ● Jan. 22, 2014
Lotus seems be the first plant to have split off from the rest of the eudicots, even prior to the early genome triplication I alluded to above.
From Scientific American ● May 19, 2013
Reorganization of the executive departments to cut out duplication and triplication.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other instances of triplication in Gothic design might be given, particularly in the choice of floral forms in which nature has set the pattern.
From The Grotesque in Church Art by T. Tindall Wildridge
Knaves took advantage of these facts fraudulently to alter seconds and thirds into=314= firsts, so that extreme care had to be taken to prevent constant duplication and even triplication of payments.
From Benjamin Franklin by John T. (John Torrey) Morse
